A Kentucky young man was taken to a hospital and then to county prison after leading police on a one-hour freeway chase (追赶) in a stolen SUV. The chase 31 in downtown Los Angeles in front of the Spring Hotel. Most of the chase was 32 , except for an empty 33 of wine that the driver threw at one police vehicle.
When the driver got into downtown, 34 started to happen. He ran over a fire hydrant（消防栓）. The water poured out of the hydrant, 35 all the books in several carts (手推车) that a seller had put outside to 36 customers into his bookstore. The driver 37 turned west onto Grand Avenue and managed to knock into three 38 cars on one side of that street and two cars on the other side. The driver also tried to run over 39 , who was standing in the 40 ordering him to stop.
Turning north, the driver caused a bus to hit its 41 to avoid a crash. The bus was empty, and the bus driver was uninjured． 42 , two police cars that were chasing the SUV 43 different directions were not so 44 . One of them ran into the front of the bus, and the other into the back. 45 the drivers had braked early enough, the damage to their cars was 46 . Both officers continued the chase.
They only went two 47 north to find that the SUV had come to a full stop because it had 48 into a newspaper stand in front of the Spring Hotel. The driver 49 heavily behind the steering wheel(方向盘). The police 50 the driver of failure to give in to a police officer.
A．began B．happened C．ended D．resulted
A．pleasant B．common C．surprising D．unusual
A．tank B．box C．case D．bottle
A．things B．objects C．fights D．kills
A．ruining B．separating C．softening D．boring
A．please B．attract C．fill D．admit
A．slowly B．carefully C．hurriedly D．suddenly
A．hidden B．broken C．passing D．parked
A．another driver B．a passer-by C．the seller D．a police officer
A．crosswalk B．police box C．shop nearby D．police vehicle
A．lights B．brakes C．engines D．wheels
A．Besides B．Instead C．However D．Therefore
A．from B．into C．under D．toward
A．proud B．lucky C．regretful D．sorry
A．Before B．Although C．Because D．When
A．effective B．serious C．normal D．slight
A．steps B．shops C．meters D．blocks
A．rushed B．entered C．came D．backed
A．flew B．fell C．flowed D．fled
A．provided B．impressed C．accused D．marked
It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 36.
I worked in a37doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 38than usual. It seemed I was going to be late39home and my husband, being the 40person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe41I hurried, I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to 42for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 43to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just44 a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be 45in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 46. One of them was 47trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the 48?”
A look of49crossed the woman’s face.
“I’ m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a(an) 50since I had just made up my mind to do 51that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right52me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 53. I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband 54, “So you aren’ t ever late any more.”
I said, “Sometimes it’s 55to be late.”
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A．foreign B．common C．busy D．noisy
A．earlier B．later C．easier D．simpler
A．getting B．cooking C．calling D．working
A．tough B．punctual C．generous D．careful
A．as B．since C．while D．if
A．pay B．change C．wait D．search
A．opinions B．trouble C．directions D．money
A．reached B．visited C．called D．left
A．skilled B．helpful C．experienced D．active
A．comments B．promises C．jokes D．offers
A．only B．still C．even D．ever
A．station B．office C．hospital D．hotel
A．panic B．relief C．sadness D．peace
A．duty B．fact C．reason D．lie
A．partly B．properly C．exactly D．perfectly
A．across B．before C．beside D．behind
A．go up B．die down C．speed up D．turn down
A．teased B．shouted C．burst D．laughed
A．possible B．special C．good D．safe
Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 36 concert. She had been waiting for this 37 for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her 38 is.
The song made her 39 to the days when she was Lauren’s 40 . As a young 41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied 42 in France, Italy and in the United States, “You can become a fine 43 in the future, ” her teachers told her. “But you must be 44to study hard and work for many years. There will be 45 time for anything but music in your life.” Dorothy was 46at that time and she was 47 that music was all she wanted or needed to 48 her life. For almost a year Dorothy 49 of nothing else. Then she 50 David, a young engineer travelling in Europe. They soon fell in 51 .
David asked her to be his 52 . Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved 53 , too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .
A．sorry B．successful C．first D．wonderful
A．dance B．moment C．show D．party
A．voice B．face C．dress D．life
A．think of B．bring back C．go back D．come back
A．age B．friend C．mother D．teacher
A．musician B．pop star C．lady D．girl
A．French B．music C．piano D．dance
A．actress B．student C．singer D．dancer
A．prepared B．learning C．driven D．waiting
A．some B．any C．no D．enough
A．eight B．eighteen C．eighty D．eighty-eight
A．lucky B．sure C．afraid D．fond
A．fill B．live C．lead D．take
A．heard B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．saw off B．learned from C．heard of D．met with
A．love B．feeling C．music D．touch
A．assistant B．teacher C．wife D．student
A．him B．engineering C．herself D．music
A．certainly B．possibly C．only D．mainly
A．thought B．hope C．purpose D．will
When I was a boy, every holiday I had seemed wonderful. My 36 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 37. All day I 38on the sands（沙滩） with strange 39children. We made houses and gardens, and 40the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we 41 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the 42see
med to shine always brightly 43 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 44ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 45 in one’s pockets or good places where we could 46ice creams. Each day was very happy.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 47is much the same as it was. I 48like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 49beating the rocks. I no longer wish to 50any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 51, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 52what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am 53. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 54who make houses and gardens with sands, 55 watch the incoming tide…
A．teacher B．parents C．nurse D．younger sister
A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．river
A．played B．slept C．sat D．stood
A．moving B．excited C．angry D．nervous
A．made B．brought C．watched D．heard
A．rolled B．looked C．turned D．climbed
A．light B．sun C．moon D．lamp
A．and B．yet C．but D．or
A．exploring B．examining C．repairing D．measuring
A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money
A．make B．sell C．buy D．offer
A．house B．holiday C．garden D．tide
A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps
A．waves B．wind C．hands D．feet
A．destroy B．fix C．use D．build
A．But B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
A．wonder B．feel C．understand D．believe
A．strong B．weak C．young D．old
A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups
A．that B．which C．whom D．who
“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January 37 air.
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really 38 thing to do．But then she took a step 39 . “Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats（犒劳物） and 40 him in front of the open door. “Touch.” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a 41 position. She 42 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became 43 . Over the last few days I have been with Kolby. Each time he comes in I bring him back to the44 door and ask him to close. There have been 45in the beginning, but lately more and more successes.
However, there remains much work to be done. I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again 46 he will close the door from a distance. But, I now realize,47 you keep to the focus, the48 will be completed.
What a 49 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the 50 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby.
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take 51 . Once you 52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of 53 . Once you want to accomplish a goal, and 54 that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs 
to be done．Just 55 doing it.
A．complain B．scream C．worry D．scare
A．thin B．fresh C．dirty D．cold
A．interesting B．funny C．tough D．possible
A．again B．further C．deeper D．backward
A．pushing B．catching C．driving D．positioning
A．stopped B．fixed C．closed D．checked
A．rewarded B．provided C．offered D．thanked
A．moved B．convinced C．concerned D．puzzled
A．open B．closed C．broken D．perfect
A．pleasures B．experiments C．failures D．pauses
A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
A．even if B．as long as C．in that
A．interest B．task C．profit D．harmony
A．wonderful B．small C．different D．simple
A．knowledge B．skills C．lessons D．experience
A．patience B．part C．delight D．action
A．hold on to B．pay attention to C．come up with D．live up to
A．date B．touch C．reach D．power
A．prove B．decide C．approve D．realize
A．imagine B．start C．keep D．enjoy
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects （缺陷） that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 36 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe37 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been38 for years—often from39 childhood. These stories may have no 40 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical （操作机械的） skills, and you will never have any mechanical ski
lls for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 41 my development? I was never 42 to work on cars or be around 43 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 44 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I45 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 46 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 47 and told him about my48 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 49 is it that you can solve 50 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t51 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 52 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been53 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 54 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 55 we choose.
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A．yourself B．myself C．them D．others
A．said B．repeated C．spread D．spoken
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A．cause B．plot C．basis D．meaning
A．affect B．improve C．lead D．change
A．means B．hammers C．facilities D．tools
A．therefore B．however C．instead D．somehow
A．took B．turned C．settled D．got
A．negative B．active D．subjective
A．roads B．trips D．paths
A．unexpected B．average C．excellent D．poor
A．When B．Why C．How D．What
A．common B．advanced C．complex D．primary
A．suffer B．separate C．arise D．come
A．adopt B．suspect C．believe D．receive
A．weakening B．accepting C．abandoning D．strengthening
A．As a result B．On the contrary C．In addition D．At the same time
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．all